Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos has asked potential organizers of community pantries to coordinate with authorities so that the goods on their pantries could be delivered to people's doorsteps instead. The community pantry in Diliman, Quezon City (Mark...
Malacañang announced on Tuesday, August 3, Metro Manila will be given an additional four million doses of coronavirus vaccines by the national government during the two-week enhanced community quarantine. A Manila health worker prepares to administer a single-shot Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen...
The city government of Lapu-Lapu, Cebu will no longer implement its "no vaccine, no entry" policy in commercial centers, Malacañang announced Tuesday. A senior citizen receives a J&J Janssen COVID-19 vaccine at the Justo Lucban Elementary School in Manila on July 21, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday, August 3, asked the government to consider the grant of "ayuda" or cash aid to residents of cities outside the National Capital Region (NCR) that are also placed under hard lockdown. Senator Joel Villanueva (Senate of the Philippines) "Nagugutom rin po ang mga...
World Health Organization Representative to the Philippines Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN) An official of the World Health Organization (WHO) urged the Philippines to prioritize the vaccination of the elderly population and those with comorbidities against COVID-19 to avoid...
As the World Health Organization (WHO) Philippines sounded the alarm on the low vaccination rate of senior citizens in the country, Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Tuesday, August 3, called on the elderly to get their vaccines so they can spend more time with their grandchildlren....
The government is crossing its fingers that the upcoming two-week strict lockdown in Metro Manila will be its last as more people get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious...
Undated photo shows a vial of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. (BioNTech/Handout via Xinhua) The country is expected to receive 22.7 million doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines this month, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, August 3. DOH Undersecretary...
An administration lawmaker on Tuesday, August 3 called on government to relax restrictions on public transport and the installation of checkpoints within Metro Manila and its neighboring localities in Rizal, Bulacan, Cavite and Laguna during the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered Metro Manila policemen to ensure strict implementation of longer curfew hours during the August 6-20 Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region. From the 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. curfew,...
The United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) will put on hold all political talks related to the upcoming May 2022 national and local elections, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to make a negative impact into the lives of many Filipinos, Senator Nancy Binay said on Tuesday. “As the Covid-19 pandemic...
Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday, August 3, told the officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) not to wait for the Senate to investigate them over the delay in the reimbursements and release of the benefits for hospitals and...
